alkalize

Questions about alkalize

What does alkalize mean?

alkalize means "turn basic and less acidic".

How many syllables are in alkalize?

alkalize has 3 syllables and divides as al-ka-lize under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for alkalize?

Close synonyms include alkalise, alkalify, basify. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of alkalize?

The recorded antonyms are acidify.

Is alkalize a common word?

alkalize is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.